G/TBT/N/USA/1622/Add.1  
 
7 December 2020  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  7 December 2020 , is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States of America . 
 
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Title: Fuels Regulatory Streamlining  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[  ] Comment period changed - date:   
[  ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[X] Notified measure published - date: 4 December 2020  
[X] Notified measure enters into force - date: 1 January 2021  
[X] Text of final measure available from1:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-12-04/html/2020 -23164.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-12-04/pdf/2020 -23164.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/USA/final_measure/20_7468_00_
e.pdf 
[  ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[  ] Content or scope of notified measure changed  
New deadline for comments (i f applicable):   
[  ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[  ] Other:  
 
Description:  TITLE: Fuels Regulatory Streamlining  
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)  
ACTION: Final rule  
SUMMARY: This action updates many of EPA's existing gasoline, diesel, and other fuel quality 
programs to improve overall compliance assurance and maintain environmental performance, while 
reducing compliance costs for industry and EPA. EPA is streamlining existing fuel quality regulations 
by removing expired provisions, eliminating redundant compliance provisions (e.g., duplicative 
registration requirements that are required by every EPA fuels program), removing unnecessary and 
out- of-date requirements, an d replacing them with a single set of provisions and definitions that 
 
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  applies to all gasoline, diesel, and other fuel quality programs. This action does not change the 
stringency of the existing fuel quality standards.  
DATES: This rule is effective on 1 Ja nuary 2021, except for amendatory instructions 48, 51, and 52, 
which are effective on 4 December 2020, and amendatory instructions 16, 18, and 19, which are 
effective on 1 January 2022. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in this 
regulation is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of 4 December 2020. The 
incorporation by reference of ASTM D86 -12, D93 -13, D445 -12, D613 -13, D4052 -11, and D5186 -03 
(R2009) in part 1065 was approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of 27 June 2014.  
This final rule and the proposed rule notified as G/TBT/N/USA/1622  are identified by Docket 
Number  EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0227. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov  at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EPA -HQ-OAR-2018-0227 and provides access to primary 
and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessibl e from 
Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number.  
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